Category: Sports

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Escambia Academy gained two more wins last week when Bubba Nettles helped lead the Cougars past Wilcox Academy, 46-44, last Tuesday (January 18), and Landon Sims helped gain victory over Sparta Academy, 54-32, last Thursday (January 20).With the two victories, EA advances to an 11-4 record and is currently the number two ranked team in the January 20 Alabama Sports Writer Association (ASWA) rankings. In front…

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Despite a strong stand and a career high 35-point game from Caeden Battles, Atmore Christian School fell 100-72 last Friday, January 21, to Lighthouse Christian Academy, but found victory earlier in the week last Thursday (January 20) against South Baldwin Christian Academy, 56-32.ACS head coach Tim Battles said that despite losing against Lighthouse, Caeden Battles and Titus Dean both gained career high scoring games against Lighthouse.“We…

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Landon Sims helped lead Escambia Academy past Lowndes Academy, 64-48, and Sparta Academy, 52-24, last week as the Cougars, who currently hold the tenth spot in the AISA Basketball Rankings within the AISA, are looking to attempt to gain ground up the ranking ladder within the coming weeks.Sims, who was recently honored as the 2021 AISA Football Back of the Year, has also been a constant…

Sims By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Thursday, January 13, Escambia Academy’s Landon Sims was named the 2021 AISA Back of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writer’s Association (ASWA).Sims, who was also selected to first-team, AISA All-State earlier last month, was among three other finalists nominated for the award. Sims received the honor during the Mr. Football luncheon banquet which was held at the Montgomery Renaissance in Montgomery.This season, Sims had…

Escambia County High School Lady Blue Devils basketball standout C’Anna Betts was presented a special teammate-signed basketball for reaching a milestone of 1,000 career points during last Friday’s (January 14) game against Williamson High School in Atmore. Pictured is C’Anna Betts with her parents Celia Betts and Anthony Betts.